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3 unusual facts about Snake Pass


Anvil Vapre

The song names are inspired from scenery associated with Snake Pass; Bad Vilbel is a German spa town which is twinned with Glossop.

Snake Pass

The Autechre EP Anvil Vapre features track names deriving from locations around the Snake Pass.

Comedian John Shuttleworth has performed a song called "Incident on Snake Pass" about the perils of driving on the Snake Pass.



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Hadfield, Derbyshire

The A57, which links Manchester to Sheffield via the Snake Pass, passes to the south of Hadfield, from Woolley Bridge to Dinting Vale.